Martin Klammer is Professor of Africana Studies and English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and has also taught at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the author o...view moreMartin Klammer is Professor of Africana Studies and English at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and has also taught at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is the author of Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass and co-author with Blanche La Guma of her memoir, In the Dark with My Dress on Fire: My Life in Cape Town, London, Havana, and Home Again.view less